Between a Rock and a Hard Place: COVID-19 Lessons Learned From Providers Rounding at Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Rural Midwest.

On March 11, 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was classified as a pandemic, setting in motion unprecedented practice changes across the healthcare industry. Never was this more evident than in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). SNFs were tested on multiple fronts, requiring innovation and perseverance at levels never before seen.

A Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Outcome of Urinary Calculi Treatment Using Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Model Development and Validation Study.

Background: Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy are established treatments for renal stones. Historically, SWL has been a predominant and commonly used procedure for treating upper tract renal stones smaller than 20 mm in diameter due to its noninvasive nature. However, the reported failure rate of SWL after one treatment session ranges from 30% to 89%.

Systemic BCGosis following intra-renal instillation of BCG: a case report.

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy is a mainstay of adjunctive therapy for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The instillation of BCG in the upper urinary tract after complete tumour eradication has also been studied and used after kidney-sparing management. It is effective in increasing the length of remission.

CanDIG: Federated network across Canada for multi-omic and health data discovery and analysis.

We present the Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG) platform, which enables federated querying and analysis of human genomics and linked biomedical data. CanDIG leverages the standards and frameworks of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and currently hosts data for five pan-Canadian projects. We describe CanDIG's key design decisions and features as a guide for other federated data systems.